This Week In Tennis
Vol. 28

Before the final ball was struck at Wimbledon, qualifying in five events on the ATP and WTA tours were already underway. The first week post-Wimbledon was even more frenetic with Davis Cup quarterfinals also being contested in the USA, Czech Republic, Italy, and Serbia. Off-court news by a host of players made big splashes too: a pregnancy, multiple weddings, withdrawals from the Olympics, Hall of Fame inductions, and the release of an autobiography.

The International Tennis Hall of Fame inducted Justine Henin, Amelie Mauresmo, and Marat Safin over the weekend at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island.

Victoria Azarenka created the biggest news of the week when she announced her pregnancy, as well as her plans to return to the WTA tour.

This week saw a slew of withdrawals from the Rio Olympics: Simona Halep, Milos Raonic, Tomas Berdych, Karolina Pliskova. These most recent withdrawals add to an already depleted field in the upcoming Games.

Kiki Bertens won five singles matches in three days on her way to the final in Gstaad. Bad weather limited the event to just over three full days of play. Bertens eventually had to withdraw from the doubles semifinals because of the added work.

Patty Schnyder played her first tour level match since 2011 in Gstaad, Switzerland. The 37-year-old took the opening set from world #92 Katerina Siniakova before losing 6-2 5-7 4-6.

Pablo Cuevas lost in the Hamburg final to Martin Klizan, but cracks the ATP top 20 for the first time in his career.